We really need to get celebrity's caps lock keys fixed. Maybe a Kickstarter is in order? Anyway, The Cure's frontman, Robert Smith, has responded to The Guardian critic Caroline Sullivan via Facebook -- twice.

HAVING EXPOSED THE LIE, WE FIGURED WE WOULD AT THE VERY LEAST GET SOME KIND OF A HANDS IN THE AIR “IT’S A FAIR COP GUV” FROM HER FOR ATTEMPTING SUCH A BANAL SELF SERVING DECEPTION… WE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A FAINT CHANCE THAT SHE WOULD BE MOVED TO APOLOGISE TO HER READERS FOR MAKING STUFF UP!

We're in a weird predicament in that I've finished singing and mixing an album that was made by a band that no longer exists. I'm not sure it happens that often. This band is trying to make an album with this lineup, and it's an album that I'm tempted to make, that's really different to anything else we've done. So trying to be convinced that I should release the second half of what is an effectively an album that came out in 2008, it's a bit of a sore point, really, to be honest, amongst this current lineup.

The Cure have announced some details about their fourteenth studio album, tentatively titled 4:14 Scream and set for release in the coming months. It was recorded at the same time as their last record, 2008's 4:13 Dream. In addition, they are planning to release a live DVD and play several full album shows around the world.

The Cure will release a live album of their headline set at this year's Bestival. The two disc album, The Cure: Bestival Live 2011, is released on December 5. Check out the tracklisting in the replies.

The Cure will be performing their first 3 albums in their entirety in New York, London and Los Angeles this November, after the success of similar shows in Sydney earlier this year. All dates and details are on their website.

The third wave of The Cure's deluxe 2 CD remasters will his stores this August via Rhino Records. Wave three brings us 1984's The Top (available in the US for the first time), 1985's masterpiece The Head On The Door and 1987's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Each comes with a second disc filled with demos and live renditions and a booklet with unseen pictures, lyrics and an extensive history of the album. Full details are as follows...

THE CURE - THE TOP

2 CD SET COMPILED BY ROBERT SMITH
DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES
RARITIES FEATURES x4 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS
WITH x17 TRACKS ON CD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME